Entries from Crook 1998 in Pollex-Online

Crook, W. P., S. Greatheed, et al. (1998). An essay toward a dictionary and grammar of the Lesser-Australian language, according to the dialect used at the Marquesas (1799). Auckland, The Institute of Polynesian Languages and Literatures.

Language Item Description
Marquesas Éiyo Maggots
Marquesas Yai A term of mockery
Marquesas Ení (éka) Roots, pudding, breadfruits &c to eat with fish
Marquesas Éiyu A square piece of *ma* [breadfruit] about the size of a brick
Marquesas Kaávva A round log serving as a beam along the front of a house
Marquesas Kigéno Absolutely bad, wicked
Marquesas Kíeka One's native country, or property in land
Marquesas Kaiháiu A wing or fin Phonologically Irregular
Marquesas Kànáta, ànáta A man or person
Marquesas Kaióhho A bramble
Marquesas Káiu To teaze
Marquesas Kenútu [= nútu] The lips; the beak of a bird
Marquesas Keke/áite To tremble
Marquesas Koéve The body in distinction from the soul
Marquesas Koká The net in which they sling their gourds
Marquesas Ko/múe The breadfruit crop in season in May or June, succeeding the *touhó*; or the season
Marquesas Ko/néku (NKH), ko/néu The rib of the cocoa nut leaf; a toothpick; an European fork
Marquesas Ko/fá-a The wood of the *fa-a*; a spear made from it
Marquesas Ko/fáou [= fáou] The *purou* tree; an ornament for the ears made from the wood of the *fáou*
Marquesas Ko/fáou [= fáou] The *purou* tree; an ornament for the ears made from the wood of the *fáou*
Marquesas Kuéi A watersnake or eel
Marquesas Gúku The green dove
Marquesas Ku/kúme To strangle, smother, extinguish
Marquesas Kúbu To curse or blaspheme
Marquesas M/a At, by (in passing)
Marquesas Migúku A nail of the finger or toe; claw of beasts or birds
Marquesas (Tou)makó Jealous; jealousy
Marquesas Mammí An egg; the spawn or roe of a fish
Marquesas Mannehé A visitor
Marquesas Mettáeke The Pleiades; (NKH) a crop or seaxon
Marquesas Mou (ki) A feast
Marquesas Meie The bread-fruit tree, and fruit
Marquesas Mei From
Marquesas Matóu A fish hook
Marquesas Mó/hha An impediment of speech, dumb Problematic
Marquesas Mukkóhhe The man of war bird, or hawk
Marquesas Mótu To cut off, or break; to cease
Marquesas Tàkóu húmuhúmu To whisper
Marquesas Ni/ni Nice, pretty
Marquesas Nái/hhe Perhaps [from Fatuiva?]
Marquesas Eihhá Perhaps Problematic
Marquesas Nìhha A fish resembling a sprat
Marquesas Kahóu nógu Best white cloth Uncertain Semantic Connection
Marquesas Núe(núe) Great, large; many; very
Marquesas Ó-a Food
Marquesas Wauàtéia Noon (THT); day opposed to night (NKH).
Marquesas Pá-e óeóe A cap of cloth besmeared with or soaked in cocoa-nut oil
Marquesas Óka A pole used in constructing houses; rafters
Marquesas Hógo Great in degree
Marquesas Pá-e A cap or hat